Folding bath stand and dressing table



April 12, 1938. c. T. DE PUY I I FOLDING BATH STAND AND DRESSING TABLE Filed July 25, 1936 FIG-J.

INVENTOR Charles DePuy ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 12, 1938 UNITED STATES,

' PATENT j OFFICE FOLDING BATH STAND AND DRESSING TABLE Application July 25, 1936, Serial No. 92,549

5 Claims.

This invention relates to a combined folding bath stand and dressing table for infants, of the general type in which there is a folding stand preferably of the cross-legged type, between the legs of which is arranged a tub, and a dressing table that is movable between twopositions, one horizontally above the tub and stand and the other in a vertical position preferably at the rear of the stand when not in use, and a more particular object of the invention is to afford a simple and practical construction of dressing table which can be more conveniently operated and positioned than the types heretofore in use.

In the conventional structures, the dressing table is permanently associated in some way with the folding stand, and connected thereto by various types of hinges that permit a sliding and swinging movement of the table, andit is an object of this invention to construct the dressing table so that it is free from and entirely removable from the folding stand if desired, while at the same time permitting positioning the dressing table in the same relations to the folding stand as heretofore, with the same swinging and sliding movement of the dressing table.

Another object of the invention is to afford, in a structure of this general type, a dressing table provided at its front edge with means for suspending it on a rail of the folding stand, and at its rear edge with stop means for limiting the forward sliding movement of the dressing table on the stand, thus permitting the same relative movement and positioning of the dressing table as in the prior structures where it has been permanently associated with the table by some sort of hinge connection, and at the same time permitting the dressing table to be entirely removed from the folding stand when and if desirable.

To these and other ends, the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts that will appear clearly from the following description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a folding bath stand and dressing table, showing the application of a preferred embodiment of the invention, and illustrating the dressing table in horizontal position above the stand and tub;

Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the dressing table in vertical position in rear of the stand and tub, suspended from the rear top rail of the stand;

Fig. 3 is a bottom perspective view of the dressing table, and

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view through the upper part of the stand and dressing table, showing the latter in horizontal position.

Referring more particularly to the drawing in which like reference characters refer to the same parts throughout the several views, l and 2 designate the front and rear legs of a cross-legged type of folding stand, pivoted at 3 and connected at the top by the longitudinal rails i.

The folding stand is adapted to support a bath tub of any suitable form, which in the present disclosure is of the flexible type, of rubber, rubberized cloth or other suitable fabric, stretched over and suitably secured to the longitudinal top rails t, as designated at t.v

Up to this point, the structure described is of conventional form, and functioning in conjunction with the folding stand and tub is a dressing table which includes a frame consisting of front and rear rails ii and i respectively, and side rails 3, while 9 designates a suitable fabric covering that is stretched over the frame and secured thereto in the usual manner.

The dressing table is positionable horizontally above the stand and tub 5, when it rests upon the longitudinal rails i of the stand, as shown in Fig. 1. When not in use and it is desired to have access to the tub, the dressing table is first lifted at its front end and then moved by a sliding and swinging motion to a vertical position at the rear of the stand and tub, as shown in Fig. 2, and in order to support the dressing table in the last mentioned position, it is provided with means at its lower front edge for engaging and supporting it on the rear top rail of the folding stand. Such means preferably consists of armate supporting arms it, secured at the ends of the lower edge of the front rail t, and extending away from said lower edge in a direction generally at right angles to the plane of the supporting surface of the dressing table, so that when the arcuate arms iii are brought into engagement with the rear rail of the folding stand, as shown in Fig. 2, the dressing table is suspended in a generally vertical position.

It will be understood that no particular care is required on the part of the operator for positioning the dressing table in this location, since the arcuate arms are so located and arranged that it is only necessary to move the table hackwardly and downwardly around the rear top rail of the supporting stand, and such movement automatically brings the arcuate arms ill into cooperative relationship with the rear top rail of the stand.

The dressing table may, if desired, be entirely removed from the foldingstand and positioned on the floor or at one side-of the stand, and it may be suspended on the front rail of the supporting stand if this isfotfnd desirable when packing or transporting the folded assembly.

To remove the dressing tab e from the position shown in Fig; 2 to that sho n in Fig. 1, it is grasped at the front edge by means of the handle II and pulled upwardly and for rdly by a sliding and swinging motion, an in order to limit the forward movement of the dressing table and locate it properly on the stand above the tub, stop means are provided, preferably in the form of pins i2 secured at the bottom rear edge or adjacent to the rear edge of the dressing table and extending laterally away therefrom. As the dressing table is drawn forwardly, the stop memstand and limit such forward movement, at w iph point the arcuate arms I I are far enough orward to clear the front rail 4 and the front part of the table can be lowered into its normal horizontal position.

While the invention has been described with reference to a particular detailed embodiment, it is not confined to the construction and arrangement shown, and this application is intended to cover such modifications or departures as may come within the purposes of the improvement or the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. The combination with a folding standand tub, said stand including front and rear legs and longitudinal top rails connecting them, of a dressing table supportable on said top rails above the tub and movable by a combined sliding and swinging movementon the rear top rail from such horizontal position to a vertical position at the rear of the stand, a pair of arcuate supportbers or pins l2; engage the rear top rail 4 'oflfthe ing arms secured to the dressing table at the bottom of its front edge, said supporting arms being of sufllcient size and of such shape as to embrace the front and rear surfaces as well as the top of the rear rail of the stand and to support the dressing table thereon invertical position and hold it against lateral displacement, and a pair of pins depending from the dressing table at the bottom thereof near its rear edge and acting when the table is slid forwardly to engage the rear edge of the rear rail of the stand and limit such forward movement of the dressing table.

2. The combination with a folding stand and tub, said stand including front and rear legs,

and longitudinal top rails connecting'them, of a dressing table supportable on said top rails above the tub, said dressing table being disconnected from and removable from the stand and provided with means for supporting it on the rear longitudinal top rail in vertical position and for maintaining it in such position against lateral displacement.

v 3. The combination with a folding stand and tub, said stand including front and rear legs and longitudinal top rails connecting them, of a dressing table supportable on said top rails above the tub and movable fromsuch position by a combined sliding and swinging movement to a vertical movement at the rear of the stand, the dressing table being removable from the stand and provided with means for supporting it on the rear top rail ina vertical position and for maintaining it in such position against lateral displacement.

4. The combination with a folding 'stand and tub, said stand including front and rear legs and longitudinal top rails connecting them, of a dressing table supportable on said top rails above the tub and movable by a combined sliding and swinging motion from such position to a vertical position at the rear of the stand, said dressing table being removable from the stand and having means at its front edge for supporting it on the rear longitudinal rail in vertical position and for maintaining it in such position against lateral displacement, and means at its rear edge engageable with the rear longitudinal rail for limiting forward movement of the dressing table when in horizontal position above the stand.

5. The combination with a folding stand and tub, said stand including front and rear legs and longitudinal top rails connecting them, of a dressing table supportable on said top rails above the tub and movable by a combined sliding and swinging movement from such position to a vertical position at the rear of the stand, a pair of supporting arms secured to the dressing table at the bottom of its front edge, and a pair of stops secured to the dressing table at the bottom thereof near its rear edge, said supporting arms engaging the front, top and rear surfaces of the rear rail of said stand and thereby supporting the dressing table in vertical position and maintaining it in such position against lateral displacement,-and said stops engaging the rear rail of the stand to limit forward movement of the dressing table when in horizontal position on the stand.

CHARLES T. DE PUY. 

